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May 02, 2012

All incoming West Virginia 7th and 12th graders will have to meet new school shot requirements in the fall before school starts. Ask you doctor or local health department if your child is ready for 7th and 12th grade next fall....Read More

April 19, 2012

CDC is reporting 222 measles cases last year an increase of the normal 60 cases a year that has been the norm during the last decade. The most since 508 back in 1996. ...Read More

April 07, 2012

MMWR reporting on five cases of meningococcal disease (including one probable case) were identified among four OK students. Two students died; two recovered fully, and one survivor required amputation of all four limbs and facial reconstruction. ...Read More

March 01, 2012

FluMist Quadrivalent, a vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza in people ages 2 years through 49 years, has been approved today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FluMist Quadrivalent is the first influenza vaccine to contain four strains ...Read More

March 01, 2012

An advisory group to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today selected two new strains for the 2012-13 seasonal flu vaccine, based on a recent recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO). ...Read More

February 15, 2012

Pediatricians fed up with parents who refuse to vaccinate their children out of concern it can cause autism or other problems increasingly are "firing" such families from their practices ...Read More

January 18, 2012

Approximately 95 percent of cervical cancers are associated with HPV infections, and between 70 to 80 percent of cervical cancers are related to HPV 16 and HPV 18 viral subtypes or strains...Read More

January 11, 2012

Promoting immunizations as a part of routine office-based medical practice is needed to improve adult vaccination rates, a highly effective way to curb the spread of diseases across communities.... ...Read More

December 28, 2011

West Virginia has had two confirmed cases of a variant of the swine flu in children attending the same daycare in Mineral County, the state Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services said. ...Read More